http://www.radiolab.org/story/ 137466-clever-bots/In 2006, Robert Epstein decided to turn to his computer for some help finding a date. He was single at the time, and it seemed like everyone was getting into online dating. So he started searching through photos and sending messages, reaching out to women who caught his interest. And then he found a match--an attractive brunette from Russia named Svetlana. They struck up a correspondence that hummed along for 2 months...until a little bell went off in Robert's head, and he realized not only that Svetlana wasn't the woman of his dreams...she wasn't a woman at all.

rabbee: well that's one reason to avoid, computer dating a woman from san francisco.

<quoted text>Its not the machine intelligence I worry about. Its our inability as humans to interface properly with the machines I worry about.This was a fascinating story:http://www.radiolab.org/story/137407-talking-..."...This hour of Radiolab, Jad and Robert meet humans and robots who are trying to connect, and blur the line.We begin with a love story--from a man who unwittingly fell in love with a chatbot on an online dating site..."

rabbee: yeah! you never know about the perversions, of the sick mind of the programmer or hacker.

( CNSNews. com)- President Obama'sapproval rating has taken another hit ,dropping for the third quarter in a row , thistime to 44. 5 percent between July 20- Oct .19 , Gallup reported on Monday.That 's a three point decline from theprevious quarter , and it is the third largestquarter- to- quarter decline of his five- year( 19- quarter) presidency.Obama's highest approval rating (63percent) came during his first quarter aspresident, and by the fifth quarter, it haddropped to 48. 8 percent. Obama's lowestquarterly approval rating , 41 percent , camein the 11th quarter (third year ) of hispresidency.Looking at the most recent quarter , Gallupsays Obama' s daily job approval ratingdropped in August and September amidcriticism over his call for military action inSyria and Russia 's intervention to preventit . The partial government shutdown thatbegan on Oct . 1 and Obama's refusal tonegotiate over that and the debt limit senthis job approval rating as low as 41 percentin the current quarter , before it reboundedslightly.Gallup notes that three post -World War IIpresidents -- Ronald Reagan, DwightEisenhower , and Bill Clinton -- hadsignificantly higher 19th quarter averagesthan Obama, all near 60 percent. Twopresidents had lower 19th quarter averagesthan Obama: Richard Nixon, whose 19 thquarter came during the Watergateinvestigations, and Lyndon Johnson,attributable mostly to the increasinglyunpopular Vietnam War.Obama's 19th quarter approval average isvery similar to that of George W. Bush (43 .9percent). Bush 's 19 th quarter ratings dropcame amid criticism of his handling ofHurricane Katrina, and it never recovered..

<quoted text>This is where I, as a Libertarian, would part ways with the author. I don't believe a government solution to the Zombie Apocalypse is sustainable.While today, a large segment of the tax base could be classified as 'Zombie'. In an actual apocalypse scenario. The undead would go from revenue positive to revenue negative. As the outbreak continued to spread, the government response would find itself deficit spending very quickly.Currently, our government finances deficit spending by the foreign sales of US Bonds. But, in a global Zombie Pandemic, the market for purchasing US debt would dry up faster than zombie skin.

You call yourself libertarian but you believe in the initiation of force?

"...Terence P. Jeffrey became editor-in-chief in September 2007. Jeffrey was and remains an editor-at-large for the conservative weekly newspaper Human Events. He wrote editorials for The Washington Times from 19871991 and was research director for the presidential campaign of Patrick J. Buchanan in 1992. Jeffrey was Buchanan's national campaign manager in his 1996 campaign..."

<quoted text>Uh huh.I see you're intent on competing with Joel for top honours.Good luck with that.

rabbee: not really! you just pissed me off, when you lied and said i knew nothing about firearms. hell i have made all the way up, to a 2 1/2" breach loading cannon. with not to mention, i was drill instructor in the us army. the only weapon, i ever bought was a .357 ruger single action. all the rest i made, other than the .36 caliber that was given to me.

<quoted text>A robot uprising would be significantly less entertaining than zombies. But, ultimately, I have very little faith in man's ability to create artificial intelligence when our human intelligence seems to be heading in the opposite direction.The day a computer kills itself because it thinks it's fat is the day I will begin to worry about machine intelligence.

Rick--The day a computer kills itself because it thinks it's fat is the day I will begin to worry about machine intelligence.

Have you ever heard the song in question? I am having absolutely no problem differentiating between the sexes. The song is about 2 guys. See 3:03 of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch ...YOU like normal are talking without thinking and without knowing what's going on AGAIN.

<quoted text>rabbee: not really! you just pissed me off, when you lied and said i knew nothing about firearms. hell i have made all the way up, to a 2 1/2" breach loading cannon. with not to mention, i was drill instructor in the us army. the only weapon, i ever bought was a .357 ruger single action. all the rest i made, other than the .36 caliber that was given to me.

.36 caliber? Someone "gave" you an 1851 Navy Colt?

If you're going to try to keep with Joel in telling tall tales, at least learn to cut an paste like he does.

Have you ever heard the song in question? I am having absolutely no problem differentiating between the sexes. The song is about 2 guys. See 3:03 of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch ...YOU like normal are talking without thinking and without knowing what's going on AGAIN.

Eric---Have you ever heard the song in question?

HughBe--- Which song? I responded to the ONE post that I read.

Eric--- I am having absolutely no problem differentiating between the sexes.

<quoted text>Eric---Have you ever heard the song in question?HughBe--- Which song? I responded to the ONE post that I read.Eric--- I am having absolutely no problem differentiating between the sexes.HughBe--- Thanks for that bit of NEWS.Eric--The song is about 2 guys. See 3:03 of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch ...HughBe-- Thanks for the link.Eric---YOU like normal are talking without thinking and without knowing what's going on AGAINHughBe--- Since you and Frijoles know what is going on please explain why HE speaks of an ugly GIRL and YOU speak of a MAN.Also, please indicate to me where I said Eric has a problem differentiating between sexes or gender.----------Frijoles --Originally I thought SHE was just an UGLY girl....ERic---I thought it was Hugh, and HE lived in Jamaica NYHughBe--- Still having a challenge in differentiating between sexes. A real cause for concern.

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